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Pictorial Parade No. 79
Short Film (Full Length) – 1958
The Wellington region is the focus of this 1958 edition in the long-running NFU series. The newsreel shows the rapidly developing town of Porirua, where farmland is being converted into state housing. Meanwhile in Taita the Hutt Valley Youth club provides entertainment for bored young people on Sunday afternoons. Highland dancing vies with skiffle and rock and roll, and Elvis-style quiffs date the teen spirit. Such clubs were set up after the 1954 Mazengarb inquiry into juvenile delinquency. And at Athletic Park a classic All Black line-up wallops the Wallabies 25-3.
Wellington is bursting at the seams and Porirua’s development will provide homes for the Smiths and the Scotts, the McHales and the Fowlers. All over the area, from Tawa Flat to Titahi Bay, new towns are rising.– Narrator
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